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Recent Examples of librettist
With the family’s slow but sure Act 2 revival, librettist Lindsey Ferrentino comes into her own.
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Gordon Cox, Variety, 2 Aug. 2024
Conducted by Kamna Gupta, the opera is a collaboration between composer Jonathan Berger, visual artist Enrico Riley and poet/librettist Vievee Francis.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 18 July 2024
The opera was written by composer Zach Redler and librettist Jerre Dye and conceived in 2015 by Sgt.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024
Applicants who were previously selected for the workshop will present and receive feedback on the musical book and songs from their original musical from a panel of composers, producers and librettists.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
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Gordon Cox, Variety, 2 Aug. 2024
Conducted by Kamna Gupta, the opera is a collaboration between composer Jonathan Berger, visual artist Enrico Riley and poet/librettist Vievee Francis.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 18 July 2024
The opera was written by composer Zach Redler and librettist Jerre Dye and conceived in 2015 by Sgt.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024
Applicants who were previously selected for the workshop will present and receive feedback on the musical book and songs from their original musical from a panel of composers, producers and librettists.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for librettist
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The production also announced the full creative team for the Broadway run, which will feature direction & choreography by Sergio Trujillo, music and lyrics by Joy Huerta and composer/lyricist Benjamin Velez, book by Lisa Loomer with Nell Benjamin, and music supervision by Nadia DiGiallonardo.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
16 Jan. 2025
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But the haunting melodies of John's greatest hits from this era, like that ode to Marilyn Monroe — which John and his songwriting partner, lyricist Bernie Taupin, turned into an ode to Princess Diana after her death in 1997 — reflected John's inner turmoil at the time.—
Jeremy Helligar,
People.com,
13 Dec. 2024
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European salons were nobility inviting composers into their homes to write and play music.—
August Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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Behind the camera, Skiba pulls triple duty, also serving as editor and composer.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2025
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Guided by the voice of Pulitzer-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the solo work uses history, memory and poetry.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
16 Jan. 2025
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Nature Friends Clubhouse Was Known For Its Transcendent Happenings Nature Friends is cherished as a bucolic haven that has transformed lives, according to its diverse membership that includes artists, musicians, poets, writers, sculptors, dancers, healers, families and canyon dwellers.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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Mixing styles, synthesizer and organ tones, a Vocoder voice box and a prog-rock album’s worth of tempo changes, on both releases Hudson composes and plays as though his muse can barely contain all the ideas flowing out.—
Randall Roberts,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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The term muse originates from Greek mythology, where the Muses were nine goddesses who presided over various arts, sciences, and intellectual pursuits.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
20 Jan. 2025
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Heti’s detractors could probably put a bottle in the middle of a table and entertain themselves reading lines out of context in suave, poetaster voices.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2022
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But -aster words have never been particularly common, with the exception of poetaster, an inferior poet.—
Melissa Mohr,
The Christian Science Monitor,
28 June 2018
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Her language thus had its necessary counterpoint: the Bronx’s fullness against her poetry’s economy; the streetcorner’s pizzicato against her versifier’s swing.—
Helen Shaw,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2022
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Modest Durnov, an artist and versifier, did not leave his mark on the world of art.—
Sarah Vitali,
Harper's magazine,
10 May 2019
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